Guardian Online – News: Carbon capture is vital to meeting climate goals, scientists tell green critics
16 January 2021, Robin McKie. Supporters insist that storage technology is not a costly mistake but the best way for UK to cut emissions from heavy industry:
News: ‘Rapid scale-up of battery storage is key’ to preventing costly waste of wind energy in the UK – Energy Storage News
14 January 2021, Alice Grundy. An increase of 20GWh of battery storage could reduce the amount of wasted wind power in Great Britain by 50%, according to new analysis from consultancy LCP:
‘Rapid scale-up of battery storage is key’ to preventing costly waste of wind energy in the UK
News: Why everyone’s talking about hydrogen – City AM
14 January 2021, Simon Webber. Renewable energy can and will decarbonise power generation. Renewable energy and batteries can and will decarbonise the automotive sector. But these technologies will not be as viable for aviation, shipping, commercial vehicles, steel or fertiliser manufacturing. In all of these vital industries it looks as though hydrogen will be needed, or at least that hydrogen will be one of the most viable solutions, for decarbonisation:
News: UK carbon trading scheme ‘leaves many questions unanswered’ – Edie.net
14 January 2021. As the UK takes its first steps away from the EU, there are still plenty of open questions about how it will align with Europe on climate policy, and in particular, with the EU’s flagship emissions trading scheme (ETS):
UK carbon trading scheme ‘leaves many questions unanswered’
News: Chinese nuclear firm told it must resolve Bradwell safety issues – Guardian Online
11 January 2021, Jillian Ambrose. Disposal of radioactive waste is one of six issues to be addressed before plant in Essex can go ahead:
Open consultation: Generic design assessment of General Nuclear System Limited’s UK HPR1000 reactor – Environment Agency
11 January 2021. The Environment Agency has completed its preliminary conclusions following detailed assessment of the environmental aspects of the UK HPR1000 new nuclear power station design. Views sought on this assessment. Read the assessment reports along with the consultation document:
Generic design assessment of General Nuclear System Limited’s UK HPR1000 reactor
News: Rolls-Royce betting small is beautiful when it comes to UK nuclear power – City AM
9 January 2021, Edward Thicknesse. For many, nuclear power stations are eyesores – great slabs of gun-metal grey cluttering up the UK’s coastlines. But that could be about to change:
News: Alok Sharma to work full-time on Cop26 climate conference preparation – Guardian Online
8 January 2021, Peter Walker. Decision to move business secretary follows pressure from environment experts due to scale of role:
Article: Kwasi Kwarteng Has Been Appointed Business Secretary, Replacing Alok Sharma – Politics Home
8 January 2021, Kate Proctor. Kwasi Kwarteng has been appointed the UK’s new business secretary. His predecessor Alok Sharma will concentrate on overseeing the COP26 global climate change summit full time:
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/kwasi-kwarteng-replaces-alok-sharma-as-business-secretary
Notice: IPCC call for expert reviewers: sixth assessment report climate change 2021, mitigation of climate change – Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
6 January 2021. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) invites experts to review the Working Group III contribution to the sixth assessment report on climate change mitigation:
News: Could we ever pull enough carbon out of the atmosphere to stop climate change? – Space.com
3 January 2021, Donavyn Coffey. Nature has equipped Earth with several giant “sponges,” or carbon sinks, that can help humans battle climate change. These natural sponges, as well as human-made ones, can sop up carbon, effectively removing it from the atmosphere:
https://www.space.com/can-carbon-removal-slow-climate-change.html
News: UK agrees to further deferral of Wylfa planning decision – World Nuclear News
4 January 2021. A decision on planning consent for the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant project on Anglesey has been deferred for a second time, as requested by Horizon Nuclear Power, the UK project developer owned by Japan’s Hitachi: